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Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks during a media conference prior to a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, in this Wednesday, May 5, 2021, file photo. (Johanna Geron, Pool via AP, File)

Jordan’s king denies impropriety in luxury home purchases

By Josef Federman and Karin Laub - Associated Press

In this May 26, 2021, photo, Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks during a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at Bayt Al Urdon in Amman, Jordan. President Joe Biden will host Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House on July 19, months after the detention of his half-brother amid a rare moment of palace intrigue for the close American ally. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) **FILE**

Biden to host Jordan’s King Abdullah at the White House this month

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2006, file photo, Prince Hamzah Bin Al-Hussein, right, and Prince Hashem Bin Al-Hussein, left, half brothers of King Abdullah II of Jordan, attend the opening of the parliament in Amman, Jordan. Prince Hamzah said in a recording released Monday, April 5, 2021, that he will defy government threats ordering him to stay at home and refrain from public statements following accusations he was behind a plot to destabilize the kingdom. (AP Photo/Mohammad abu Ghosh, File)

Jordan issues gag order as new audio backs prince’s claims

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King of Jordan names his policy adviser country’s new PM

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Shaima Swileh, center with her back turned, is greeted by supporters after arriving at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. Swileh is the Yemeni mother who won her fight for a waiver from the Trump administration's travel ban that would allow her to go to California to see her dying 2-year-old son. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The Latest: Yemeni mom reunites with dying son in Oakland

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In this Saturday, July 22, 2017 photo, a Kurd fighter Ardal, right, and Arab fighter, Abdullah, left, who fight together with the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), sit on their roof top position where they battle against the Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, northeast Syria. Kurds and Arabs are fighting side by side in the assault against the Islamic State group in Raqqa, but they have vastly different visions of what happens next. (AP Photo/Sarah El Deeb)

Arabs, Kurds unite against IS, but post-victory? ‘God knows’

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Illustration on dangers to the nation of Jordan by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Jordan faces unprecedented dangers

By Daniel Pipes

President Barack Obama, accompanied by the Commander of 89th Airlift Wing Colonel John Millard, walks toward Air Force One after a meeting with King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, en route to Omaha, Neb. After giving his State of the Union address, he is heading to Omaha, Neb., to tout progress and goals in his final year in office. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

L. TODD WOOD: Jordanian King Abdullah: ISIS could be defeated fairly quickly

By L. Todd Wood

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina is escorted by Tom Stone from Gardnerville, Nevada, after arriving at the Inaugural Basque Fry at Corley Ranch in Gardnerville on Aug. 15, 2015. (Associated Press)

Carly Fiorina: Unlike Hillary Clinton, I didn’t do ‘photo ops’ with world leaders

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, right, meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan in the Oval Office of the White House, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, in Washington. The meeting comes after Jordanian Air Force pilot First Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh was executed by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

King Abdullah: Obama right not to call ISIS ‘Islamic extremists’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and member of the House Armed Services Committee (Associated Press) **FILE**

Duncan Hunter: King Abdullah sounds ‘like President Bush post-9/11’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Obama met with new Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Associated Press)

CHRISTOPHER HARPER: Media recasting late Saudi king as a reformer

By Christopher Harper

President Obama meets new Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, where he and the and first lady have come to expresses their condolences on the death of the late Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. Mr. Obama was mum on human rights issues in the country. (Associated Press)

Obama pushes gender equality in India, silent in Saudi Arabia

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005 file photo, Saudi Arabia's new King Abdullah leaves after special prayers for late King Fahd at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's Turk bin Abdullah mosque. On early Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, Saudi state TV reported King Abdullah died at the age of 90. (AP Photo)

Saudi state TV reports: King Abdullah has died at 90

By AYA BATRAWY and ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI - Associated Press

Miteb bin Abdullah Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

S. ROB SOBHANI: The Saudi prince who could be king

By S. Rob Sobhani

Iraq ISIS ISIL Jihadi Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CURL: With Islamic State, 9/11 anniversary, Obama’s incompetence is truly dangerous

By Joseph Curl

Saudi King Abdullah speaks before a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at his private residence in the Red Sea city of in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, June 27, 2014. Kerry also talked with Syrian opposition leader President Ahmad al-Jarba. It was not immediately clear why al-Jarba, a Sunni, was in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool) **FILE**

Saudi king: Islamic State will reach ‘Europe in a month and America in another month’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Saudi king appoints son as Emir of Riyadh

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**FILE** President Obama and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah share a light moment when they met on June 29, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama headed to Saudi Arabia in March

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times